tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post7768013051138343447..comments2024-03-28T14:00:12.372+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Sir Archie was no foolBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-73275621095711271312010-04-19T08:48:45.564+01:002010-04-19T08:48:45.564+01:00As I recall (it's 50 years since I read the Hi...As I recall (it's 50 years since I read the Hicks papers!) he just did some simple observations in Pembrokeshire which showed that erratics had been carried from NW towards SE, and that that accorded with the evidence of striations. He deduced that the ice could not have been WELSH ice, coming from that direction. All other workers have accepted that view subsequently -- maybe except for HH Thomas, who wanted a small Preseli ice cap which could conveniently drop off assorted bluestones in the Cilymaenllwyd area, ready for building into a proto-Stonehenge, which could then be dismantled and shipped off across the sea to Salisbury Plain! I have personally seen NO evidence to support that strange HH Thomas idea.....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-87571636863581119432010-04-19T08:32:31.263+01:002010-04-19T08:32:31.263+01:00From where did Hicks demonstrate was the source of...From where did Hicks demonstrate was the source of the ice in South and West Wales and is that now the current view accepted by the scientific community?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com